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Scott Bryan
Cristy and Saku are putting the bakes in the oven for 25 minutes.
Tasha is putting her steamed puddings in the oven for 20 minutes.
At this rate it looks as if Matty will end up putting them in the microwave for a couple of minutes.
This is quickly turning into a disaster.
Scott Bryan
God, I’m so over this.
Scott Bryan
And because they haven’t been told how long to bake, halfway through the challenge none of the bakers have put their bake into the oven yet.
Scott Bryan
I have paused Bake Off as the instructions have briefly come up on screen.
And it’s official … they have not told the bakers how long to put their bakes in the oven.
Instead it just says “steam in a bain marie in the oven.” That’s it. This is so annoying.
Scott Bryan
Matty is having to make even more caramel.
Well, at least he’s had some practice.
Scott Bryan
Paul says they have to put the steamed puddings into the oven for at least 40 minutes to ensure they bake properly.
I bet they haven’t told the bakers how long to put their steamed puddings in the oven, just to catch them out. If so, this challenge will be infuriating.
Scott Bryan
Paul Hollywood every week: “The killer thing about this is the timing.”
THEY ONLY HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF PAUL.
Scott Bryan
Saku: I haven’t made these before so I’m going to be reading the instructions.
I bet the instructions are just “1. Bake the orange and ginger treacle puddings.”
The technical challenge is six individual orange and ginger treacle puddings.
Scott Bryan
And they only have 90 minutes.
Scott Bryan
Matty has … somehow … pulled this out of the bag!
His chai flavour has been complimented, even though they are overbaked.
Considering he had to bake this three times to get these done and hardly had any time to cool them afterwards, that’s quite a feat.
Scott Bryan
Saku’s mini watalappan creme caramels look perfect, but are too sweet apparently.
Josh’s, despite being slightly overbaked, has been awarded for its flavours.
Scott Bryan
Tasha’s bakes were a ‘swimming pool’ of sweetness.
That was a criticism from Paul, by the way.
And the flavour is ‘lacking in direction’ too, whatever that means.
